TACLOBAN CITY: The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has deployed at least 3,668 personnel to conduct the 2024 Census of Population (PopCen) and Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) in 4,390 villages in Eastern Visayas.
PSA Eastern Visayas Re…
PARIS: Jin of global K-pop sensation BTS carried the torch for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on Sunday, greeted by throngs of cheering fans.
The South Korean singer led the Louvre Museum section of the relay in Paris, starting around 8 p.m.
Crowds …
MANILA: Two persons were reported killed as heavy rains spawned by the southwest monsoon (habagat) battered a large part of Mindanao, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Monday.
In its latest situation report…
ANKARA: The number of babies born in Singapore in 2023 has plummeted to its lowest level in 20 years, entrenching the country’s “great baby drought.”
A total of 33,541 babies were born in 2023, a 5.8 percent decline from 35,605 babies born in 2022, S…
MANILA: Residential customers of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) consuming 200 kilowatt hours (kWh) a month should expect around a PHP430 increase in their electricity bill this month.
Meralco announced Monday that power rate in its franchise a…
JERUSALEM: Israeli researchers identified a specific brain region’s crucial function in controlling alertness levels in a study shedding light on the role of an enigmatic irregular sheet of neurons.
The findings open a new door to potential new treat…
MANILA: Pump prices will be lower by as much as PHP1.15 per liter on July 16, driven by falling crude prices in the global market, snapping its four-week rally.
Oil companies announced in separate advisories on Monday they will cut gasoline prices by…
MANILA: The National Amnesty Commission (NAC) on Monday announced that its existing Local Amnesty Boards (LABs) have received a total of 578 amnesty applications as of July 12.
In a news release, the agency said 497 of the applicants are former membe…
CAMP S.K. PENDATUN: Maguindanao del Norte – Police in Tawi-Tawi seized smuggled cigarettes worth PHP1.2 million over the weekend, a police official said here Monday.
Brig. Gen. Prexy Tanggawohn, Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PR…